Hong Kong Regulations

ELECTORAL AFFAIRS COMMISSION (ELECTORAL PROCEDURE) (DISTRICT COUNCILS) REGULATION - SECT 65

Returning Officer and Presiding Officer to give notice of place and time of the counting of votes to candidates

(Past version on 01/08/1999).

PART IV

COUNTING OF THE VOTES: ORDINARY ELECTION AND BY-ELECTIONS

Returning Officer and Presiding Officer to give notice of place and time of
the counting of votes to candidates (L.N. 191 of 2003)

(1) Subject to subsection (6), the Presiding Officer is to determine the time
at which the counting of votes is to begin. (L.N. 125 of 2003)

(2) The time determined under subsection (1) must be a time after the poll has
closed at all the polling stations at which polling for the constituency
concerned was conducted.

(3) The Returning Officer must give notice in writing to each candidate of the
place or places at which counting is to take place for the constituency
contested by the candidate. (L.N. 125 of 2003 and L.N. 191 of 2003)

(4) Notice under subsection (3) must be given at least 1 working day before
polling day. (L.N. 125 of 2003 and L.N. 191 of 2003)

(5) If a poll for a constituency is adjourned under Schedule 1, the
counting of the votes for that constituency is to stand postponed.

(6) If the counting of the votes stands postponed under subsection

(5), the Chief Electoral Officer is to determine a time for the counting to
begin and the place or places for it to take place. The time must be after the
adjourned poll is resumed and after the close of that poll. The
Returning Officer is to give notice to each candidate of the constituency
concerned of the time and place.

(7) A notice required to be given under this section may be given to the
election agent or counting agent of a candidate instead of the candidate.
(L.N. 125 of 2003 and L.N. 191 of 2003)

(8) The Presiding Officer must, before the counting of votes begins, display a
notice in a prominent place outside the counting station stating the time that
the counting station will be opened to the public to observe the counting of
votes. (L.N. 125 of 2003)

(9) In this section, "Presiding Officer" (投票站主任) does not include a
Presiding Officer of a small polling station which is not designated as a
main counting station or a special polling station which is not so designated.
(L.N. 125 of 2003 and L.N. 191 of 2003)

"Presiding Officer" (投票站主任)